Motown, Stax & Philly Soul. Pop, Doo-Wop & Rock and Roll.

There is not too much more to say about these great ladies that hasn’t been said in the three earlier posts here on this blog about the Shirelles. This is just another one of their many great hits. In addition to the single release, “Mama Said” appeared on the girls third LP release of 1963 entitled “The Shirelles Sing to Trumpets & Strings”, on the Sundazed label and pictured here. (Once again I was unable to upload graphics on this buggy new WP interface: hope to able to do it soon. Sorry)

Just a quick introduction for those of you who don’t know The Shirelles:

“The Shirelles, a group of 16 and 17 year olds, were all friends from Passaic High School in Passaic, New Jersey, that began singing together in 1958. Fans of the Flamingos, Chantels, and Little Anthony and the Imperials as well as the Bobbettes, The Shirelles received a large part of their musical education by listening to New York’s premier R&B station at the time, WWRL.

They all go together in your head because they all have that great girl group sound that makes you feel peppy and happy and carefree inside and you want to go out and dance on the beach and sing along to the song! (Ha Ha). That’s my answer and I’m sticking to it.